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Essay Contest
The Creating Wealth By Sharing Wealth National Essay Contest is designed to foster creative thinking among University students and entrepreneurs about sustainable growth of 21 century companies. By engaging young minds across the nation from a variety of schools, the FED will energize a debate on how different corporate structures affect governance, performance, culture and alignment of incentives in new and existing enterprises. More Information
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Beyster Scholars Program
Through the Experiential Classroom, hosted by Oklahoma State University, the Beyster Institute identifies and supports faculty who are interested in integrating employee ownership into their entrepreneurship curricula. More Information
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Library and Directory
CasePlace – Largest Curriculum Library on Employee Ownership
A joint collaboration between the Aspen Institute, the Employee Ownership Foundation, and the FED has resulted in the largest online Curriculum Library on Employee Ownership (CLEO). CLEO contains materials focused on EO, including up-to-date company case studies, syllabi, and other educational materials. More Information
Directory
Information resource for researchers and educators – The FED developed a Fellowship web portal that houses an academic directory of key scholars making a significant contribution to increasing the body of research in employee ownership and to identify scholars who are actively teaching about employee ownership in an academic setting. More Information
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Curriculum Development
The classroom plays a significant role in nurturing ethical business leaders. Striving to integrate EO into the core curriculum of business schools, the FED is supporting the production of teaching materials, including case studies, teaching modules, and syllabi. The FED is passionate about equipping the next generation of entrepreneurs and executives with the tools to fully explore the most viable business models and practices. More Information
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Beyster Fellowship Symposium
The Beyster Fellowship Symposium brings together academic leaders and new scholars involved with evaluating broad-based employee ownership and entrepreneurism. Our first symposium was held in July of 2009, and it drew over 40 academics. Researchers shared findings and results of new research, and participated in a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Enterprise Forum panel discussion, attended by more than 200 people from the San Diego business community. A symposium is planned for the summer of 2010. More Information
